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Before engineer/innovator extraordinaire Mark Rober was a YouTuber, he used to work at NASA (no big deal) — and he's heading back to his old stomping grounds in this fascinating video! Mark's bringing us up to speed on all we need to know before the upcoming landing of the Perseverance rover on planet Mars, which is scheduled to touch down Thursday, February 18 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m. EST. Take it away, Mark!

You can keep up with the Mars Perseverance rover's journey here.

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